Medicine cabinet



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C; G CARLSON MEDICINE CABINET Filed June 9, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I [nvn/bf C/lf/ord Car/Son Hi8 Hfforney Patented June 8, 1926.

' UNITE-D A STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLII'IOBD G. CARLSON, OF JAMESTOW'N', NEW YORK.

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2 Application filed June 9, 1923. Scrlat No. 644,880.

' This invention relates to an improvement lighting conditions, while at the same time keeping the cabinet open so that the shaving articles can be left upon one of the shelves.

The chief object of this invention is to provide in connection with a medicine cabie net a 'door in which a mirror is installed, said door being'so hinged that the mirror in it can be brought into any desired posi- 'tion, thus permitting it to be adjusted to suit any lightin conditions, and further, the door and ca inet being so constructed that the door can be hinged at either side by simply reversing the cabinet.

A further object of this invention is to provide a knock-down medicine cabinet, the walls of which are assembled without the use. of bolts or rivets into a rigid structure, when the location to which the cabinet; is to be;

. installed has been reached.

in whic Other objects reside in the particular details of construction set forth inthe following description taken in connection with the drawings which form a part thereof, and

Fi 1 is a rspective view of one embodil nent of th i invention, the door being shown open;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross section of this embodiment, the door being closed;

. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the cabinet, shown in Fig. 1 i

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 2-;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; e

Fig. 6 is a rear view of the door and mirror detached from the cabinet;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of the hinge,

, by which the door is swung upon the cabinet} ig. 8 is a perspective. view of the cabinet, thfdoor and outer facing being removed; 7.

walls 17 and 18.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the top or bottom wall of the cabinet; and

., Fig. 10 1s a dlagrammatical'view illustrating certain of the various positions which the mirror carrying door can assume.

Referring to the drawin numeral 10 is used to designate a cabinet having a door 11 hinged thereto, in which door is installed a mirror 12. The cabinet 10 comprises a facing plate 13,'top and bottom walls 14 and 15, rear wall 16 and side As shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 3, all these walls are made of sheet metal stamped into suitable form. The edges of the rear wall 16 are bent at an acute angle to form the flanges 19, with which the top, bottom and side walls engage, as will be pointed out below. The rear edges of the top and bottom walls 14 and 5 and the side walls 17 and 18 are bent to provide flanges 20, and these flanges are bent along the outer ed es to form the acute flanges 21.

In the si e walls 17 and 18 arev formed suitable blisters 25, which act as supports for the shelves 26. The outer edges of the bottom, top and side walls are offset, as shown particularly in Fi vide fiat surfaces 27 inwhich are formed a plurality'of suitably spaced slots 28. The face plate 13, which may be formed of. any

27 of the walls.

The door 11 is of the usual type, being the reference 2 and 8, to prov desired contour, such as for example that shown in the drawing, is provided with a plurality of suitably spaced tongues 29, -,which enter the slots 28 inthe fiat surfaces provided with an opening 30,"which is surrounded on three sides by theoifset strips 31, shown particularly in 6; These strips are formedto receivethe mirror .12, which is slidin place, thus closing the opening 30. Above and below the stri s 31 are secured brackets I32, with whic the door hinges-engage, as will be pointed out below.-

The hinge j33 is preferably made of a single .piecegifif metal as shown in Fig. 7, the

center portion 34 being straight and secured by a plate 35 'fixed to the rear of one side of t -lre''face plate 13, by welding. or in any other I suitable manner, and fitting the center portion 34 so tight as to produce friction enough to hold door whereit is placed. As shown in Fig. 2, the plate 35 is provided with a pocket 36, which encloses the portion 34 of the hinge. In the side wall 18 are formed openings 37 through which the arms 38 and 39 of the hinge extend. Each of the arms 38 and 39 are connected With the center. portion 34 by means of an arced portion 40 and a right angle portion 41. By the provision of the arced and right angle portions the door can be swung around the axis defined by the pocket 36, the center portion 34 being freely movable therein.

At the outer end of the arms 38 and 39', are provided eyes 42, which coincide with'holes through the brackets 32 on the door. These portions are united by means of a nut and bolt construction 43, shown in-Fig. 5, a lock ring being provided between the head .of the bolt and the hinged arm, so as to provide sufficient friction so that the door will stay in whatever positionit is placed.

On the rear of the door 11 are provided I "suitable spring clips 45, which engage the arms 38 and 39 of the hingewhen the door is in the normal position, see for example Fig. 2. A knob 46 is provided at the side of the door opposite the hinge by which the door may be opened and closed in the usual manner, the hinge arms 38 and 39 being held against the door by the clips 45.

Projecting from the rear face of the door adjacent the knob 46 is an angle plate 47 havingan aperture 48 therein. On the side wall 17 is provided a snap fastener 49, the tip 50 of which enters the aperture 48 when the door 11 is closed. For purposes of convenience the plate 47 is here shown secured in position by means of the nut 51 which holds the knob 46 in place. Obviously, however, other means could be employed if preferred. Opposite the knob '46 on the other side of the mirror 12 is provided a knob 52 in substantially the same vertical line as the clips 45.

The cabinet is shipped knocked-down to its destination and is there assembled as follows: The flanges 21 of the top, bottom and side walls are hooked over the flanges 19 of the rear wall and then the top, bottom and side walls are swung into the final position at right angles to the rear wall. The tongues 22 will enter the slots 23 and the portions 24 of the side walls beyondthe slots bent to rest upon the outer faces of the top and bottom, walls. By bending the projecting tongues 22 against the outerfaces of the side walls, the walls-are held firmly in position without the use of'nuts, bolts .or rivets.

The face plate 13 is now placed upon the front of the cabinet, the-flanges entering the recess defined by theofi'set edges of the top, bottom and side walls...; :The tongues'29 pass through the slots'218' and are bent over at rightangles to hold 'the face platein lace. The door 11 is now mounted upon'the inge 4 door.

the mirror will be brought into the best light, this will be done by means of the knob 52, which tends to'swing the door aroundthe axis determined by the bolts 43. Since the cl ps 45 only yieldingly hold the arms 38 and 39 against the door, it is obvious that by reason of the location of the knob 52, when that knob is pulled, the clips will leave the arms 38 and 39 and the .door will then swing freely on its center axis into any position as is indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 10 which shows various positions of the It will be observed that eitherknob can be used to open the door, the knob 46 causing it to turn on the axis of the pocket 36 and the knob 52 causing it to turn on that axis andalso upon the axis o'f'the bolts 43.

While one embodiment of this invention has been shown anddescribed, I am not to be limited thereto. since it is obvious that others may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.

Having thus set forth my invention what I claim as new, and for which I desire protection by'Letters Patent is:

1. In a medicine cabinet including a face of said-plate, openings in onev wall of said cabinet through whlch said hinges pass, brackets on said door, means for pivotally securing the ends of said hinges to said brackets, clips on said door normally en-- gaging said hinges and holding them against the inner face of said door, said hinges having arced portions which pass through said openings, whereby when said clips engage said hinges the hinges turn upon their connection with said plate and the door opens in the usual manner and when said clips are free from said hinges the door turns on its pivotal connections with said hinges, thus permitting the adjustment of the door horizontally at any desired angle.

2. In a medicine cabinet including a face plate and a door in which a mirror is -installed, hinges mounted upon the inner-face of said plate, openings in one wall of said cabinet through which said hinges pass,

brackets on said door, means for pivotally securing the ends of said hinges to said brackets, clips on said door normally engaging said hinges and holding them againstthe inner face of said door, said hinges havin arced portions which pass through openings, whereby when said-clips engage said hinges, the hinges turn'upon'their connection with said plate and the door opens in knob. causing the door to swing on the hinge I the usual manner and when said clips are' and plate connections, and the use of the 10 free from said hinges the door turns on its other knob causing the door toswing on pivotal connections with said hinges,- thus both the hinge and plate connections and permitting the adjustment of the door horithe hinge and door connections. zontally at any desired angle, and knobs on In testimony whereof I have afiixed my said door at each side of said mirror adapted signature.

to be used to open said door, the use of one CLIFFORD G. CARLSON. 

